This document discusses the importance of understanding how the Holy Spirit teaches in order to properly understand and interpret the Bible. It argues that without guidance from the Holy Spirit, who reveals God's thoughts behind the words, people will misunderstand or come to wrong conclusions about what the Bible says due to relying only on human wisdom. The lack of understanding how the Holy Spirit teaches has led to hundreds of denominations with differing interpretations and many mistakes in theology. Learning how the Holy Spirit teaches through "things of the spirit" is presented as crucial for believers.
This document summarizes a lesson on prayer taught from Andrew Murray's work "With Christ in the School of Prayer." The lesson focuses on three key aspects of prayer according to Jesus: keep it secret, keep it uninflated, and keep praying with confidence. It discusses how prayer is both simple yet profound. While initially prayer may seem easy, with practice it becomes more difficult as one's shortcomings and dependence on God are revealed. The lesson emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is the greatest gift from God and should be the primary focus of prayers, as it is through the Spirit that one can truly know and commune with the Father. It challenges believers to continually ask God to teach them to pray more effectively and move heaven with their prayers
1. The document discusses the importance and nature of prayer, emphasizing that genuine prayer comes from God and flows through the Holy Spirit. It stresses abiding in Christ and focusing on one's relationship with God over material concerns when praying.
2. Several principles of prayer are covered, including praying according to God's will rather than our own, being persistent in prayer, and following up prayers with actions.
3. True prayer involves spiritual union with Christ, with the Holy Spirit carrying prayers to God, who answers in his perfect timing and way. Hindrances like doubt can be overcome through perseverance in prayer.
The document discusses the importance of approaching the Bible as God's infallible written word. It provides several principles for biblical interpretation: consider the literary form and genre; interpret based on the plain or common meaning of words; compare passages to ensure consistency; consider the historical and cultural context; interpret in light of overarching biblical themes; consult the insights of church history; and view all passages through the central lens of Christ. Following these principles helps ensure we correctly understand and apply Scripture to deepen our relationship with Jesus.
This document summarizes key points from a teaching on prayer based on Ephesians 1:15-19. It discusses three main ideas:
1. The supremacy of prayer - Paul's most important prayer was that people would know God better by taking Him into their hearts and minds. Knowing about God is less important than knowing God Himself.
2. The integrity of prayer - Giving priority to outer life over inner life leads to feeling uncomfortable with self-reflection and lacking integrity. Cultivating an inner prayer life is important.
3. The hardness of prayer - Prayer is difficult work that requires searching for God, even when feeling His absence. Persisting through dryness and discomfort can lead to a flour
Loving relationships are built on loving two-way communication. True Christianity is just such a relationship--one that grows stronger and deeper through honest, open communication. Jesus is just waiting to speak to you.
This document summarizes a lesson about conversing with God through prayer. It discusses how prayer can be either instinctive monologues or spiritual dialogues where we get to know God. Spiritual prayer focuses on God rather than what we want from God. It also explores how God is a personal being made of three persons who love each other, and how they communicated through words. Christian prayer sees God as transcendent, so we look to God in prayer rather than looking within. Speaking words to God in prayer allows for depth, as He speaks to us through words. Both conscious prayer using words and times of quiet listening to God are important aspects of conversing with Him.
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14)
Exactly how are we be led by the Holy Spirit?
Exactly how does the Holy Spirit communicate to all of us in this life?
If the Bible calls the Holy Spirit our Guide and Teacher in this life, then this means He will attempt to communicate to all of us from time to time.
Otherwise we will never be able to pick up from Him exactly what He is trying to teach us or tell us to do.
The very first thing we need to know if we want to learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit is that
We can develop a direct personal relationship with Him
Just like you already have with God and Jesus.
Here are two key verses from the apostle Paul telling us that we are allowed to have direct communication and direct fellowship with the Holy Spirit Himself:
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14)
“Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit …” (Phillippians 2:1)
1) The passage discusses the eighth day after the ordination of Aaron and his sons as priests, seen as beginning their formal worship and duties after a period of transition.
2) It describes the first sacrifices performed by Aaron according to God's commands, including a purification offering by Aaron. God's presence appears after the offerings are consumed by divine fire.
3) The passage then describes the death of Nadab and Abihu for bringing unauthorized fire, seen as a sign of God's holiness, and Aaron's silence in response, emphasizing his commitment to his duties as high priest.
This document summarizes a lesson on prayer taught from Andrew Murray's work "With Christ in the School of Prayer." The lesson focuses on three key aspects of prayer according to Jesus: keep it secret, keep it uninflated, and keep praying with confidence. It discusses how prayer is both simple yet profound. While initially prayer may seem easy, with practice it becomes more difficult as one's shortcomings and dependence on God are revealed. The lesson emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is the greatest gift from God and should be the primary focus of prayers, as it is through the Spirit that one can truly know and commune with the Father. It challenges believers to continually ask God to teach them to pray more effectively and move heaven with their prayers
1. The document discusses the importance and nature of prayer, emphasizing that genuine prayer comes from God and flows through the Holy Spirit. It stresses abiding in Christ and focusing on one's relationship with God over material concerns when praying.
2. Several principles of prayer are covered, including praying according to God's will rather than our own, being persistent in prayer, and following up prayers with actions.
3. True prayer involves spiritual union with Christ, with the Holy Spirit carrying prayers to God, who answers in his perfect timing and way. Hindrances like doubt can be overcome through perseverance in prayer.
The document discusses the importance of approaching the Bible as God's infallible written word. It provides several principles for biblical interpretation: consider the literary form and genre; interpret based on the plain or common meaning of words; compare passages to ensure consistency; consider the historical and cultural context; interpret in light of overarching biblical themes; consult the insights of church history; and view all passages through the central lens of Christ. Following these principles helps ensure we correctly understand and apply Scripture to deepen our relationship with Jesus.
This document summarizes key points from a teaching on prayer based on Ephesians 1:15-19. It discusses three main ideas:
1. The supremacy of prayer - Paul's most important prayer was that people would know God better by taking Him into their hearts and minds. Knowing about God is less important than knowing God Himself.
2. The integrity of prayer - Giving priority to outer life over inner life leads to feeling uncomfortable with self-reflection and lacking integrity. Cultivating an inner prayer life is important.
3. The hardness of prayer - Prayer is difficult work that requires searching for God, even when feeling His absence. Persisting through dryness and discomfort can lead to a flour
Loving relationships are built on loving two-way communication. True Christianity is just such a relationship--one that grows stronger and deeper through honest, open communication. Jesus is just waiting to speak to you.
This document summarizes a lesson about conversing with God through prayer. It discusses how prayer can be either instinctive monologues or spiritual dialogues where we get to know God. Spiritual prayer focuses on God rather than what we want from God. It also explores how God is a personal being made of three persons who love each other, and how they communicated through words. Christian prayer sees God as transcendent, so we look to God in prayer rather than looking within. Speaking words to God in prayer allows for depth, as He speaks to us through words. Both conscious prayer using words and times of quiet listening to God are important aspects of conversing with Him.
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14)
Exactly how are we be led by the Holy Spirit?
Exactly how does the Holy Spirit communicate to all of us in this life?
If the Bible calls the Holy Spirit our Guide and Teacher in this life, then this means He will attempt to communicate to all of us from time to time.
Otherwise we will never be able to pick up from Him exactly what He is trying to teach us or tell us to do.
The very first thing we need to know if we want to learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit is that
We can develop a direct personal relationship with Him
Just like you already have with God and Jesus.
Here are two key verses from the apostle Paul telling us that we are allowed to have direct communication and direct fellowship with the Holy Spirit Himself:
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14)
“Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit …” (Phillippians 2:1)
1) The passage discusses the eighth day after the ordination of Aaron and his sons as priests, seen as beginning their formal worship and duties after a period of transition.
2) It describes the first sacrifices performed by Aaron according to God's commands, including a purification offering by Aaron. God's presence appears after the offerings are consumed by divine fire.
3) The passage then describes the death of Nadab and Abihu for bringing unauthorized fire, seen as a sign of God's holiness, and Aaron's silence in response, emphasizing his commitment to his duties as high priest.
1. The document outlines 7 rules for biblical understanding: believe the Bible is God's inspired word; be humble and teachable; compare scripture with scripture; ask the Holy Spirit for guidance; truly want to know the truth; make Bible study a priority; and abide by the teachings even if they contradict personal beliefs.
2. Key principles include studying what the entire Bible says on a topic rather than isolating passages, and praying for divine instruction before study.
3. The goal is to understand spiritual truths that are often hidden, not to find arguments against truth.
The document provides guidance on how to study the Bible through examining the meaning and significance of passages. It discusses understanding the original author's intended meaning by surveying the historical background, context, grammar, and definitions of words. The goal is to preserve the integrity of the meaning while understanding contemporary significance. Three progressive objectives of exposition, interpretation and application are outlined to achieve understanding, relevance and life application from Bible study.
This document outlines a presentation on how to study the Bible personally. It discusses the importance of Bible study for spiritual growth, maturity and effectiveness. The key steps outlined are observation, interpretation and application. Observation involves asking who, what, where, when, why and what questions of the text. Interpretation looks at content, context, comparison, culture and consultation. Application involves relating the meaning to one's own life and practicing it. The presentation uses the example of Mark 4:35-42 and Romans 12:1-2 to demonstrate the process and concludes by encouraging regular Bible study.
This document provides an overview of how to study the Bible in four steps: observation, interpretation, application, and preparation. It discusses key aspects of each step. For observation, it emphasizes paying close attention to context, key terms, questions, and details. Interpretation involves understanding what the text meant to the original audience and identifying timeless principles. Application means applying those principles to one's own life. Preparation includes confession, seeking wisdom, and focusing on God's word. The document recommends various resources and gives tips for effective Bible study.
The document discusses the importance of personal Bible study. It states that the Bible is the only source of divine authority that provides direction, hope, peace, and understanding. Studying the Bible transforms people from earthly to spiritual minds so they can reflect Christ. The benefits of knowing God's word include truth, blessing, victory over sin and temptation, growth, power, and guidance. Regular Bible reading and study helps develop strong Christian character and spiritual fitness through developing the habit of daily reading, starting slow, and meditating on what is read. Personal Bible study is important lifelong work.
308560 love letters_from_heaven-trk-20151110Yaw Aboagye
This document is a summary of a book that argues God's commandments are not harsh rules but rather "love letters from heaven" intended to guide believers into blessing. It says pursuing God's love through obedience unlocks believers' inheritance of divine power to do greater works than Jesus. By keeping God's commands out of love rather than legalism, believers can walk in total victory over fear and experience the joy of Christ's fullness in their lives.
This document provides an overview of a lesson on the necessity of prayer. It discusses various Christian figures like Flannery O'Connor, St. Augustine, and John Wesley who struggled with prayer but eventually learned to pray by being honest with God and seeking His kingdom over other desires. It also discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding prayer. The document advocates for an "intelligent mysticism" approach to prayer where believers experience God through both emotion and intellect. It provides suggestions for learning to pray such as regularly praying Psalms, meditating on scripture, and praying daily with greater expectation of God.
This document is a preface and first chapter from a book containing three chapters on basic elements of the Christian life. The preface indicates the book contains material previously published separately as three booklets by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee.
The first chapter discusses the importance of spending time with God daily through prayer and reading the Bible. It recommends setting aside 30 minutes each morning to pray and read the Bible without focusing on knowledge, but on communing with God and enjoying Him. The chapter describes a method of "pray-reading" where the reader prays the words of the Bible as they read them aloud. It asserts this practice can nourish believers spiritually and change their experience of Christ.
This document discusses the rabbi-disciple relationship in 1st century Judaism and what it meant to be a disciple. Disciples willingly submitted to their rabbi's authority, viewing the rabbi as the interpreter of God's word. Disciples spent long periods studying, debating, and emulating their rabbi in an intimate community. They conformed their lives to their rabbi's interpretations of scripture. The document examines what aspects of this rabbi-disciple dynamic may still be relevant for Christian discipleship today.
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving communion for the first time. The list includes basics such as: there is one God in three persons; God created everything; Jesus is both God and man; and in communion one receives the body and blood of Christ. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving communion and mean what they say. The document also provides context for some of the concepts on the list.
This document provides teaching notes on exegesis from an ICCM School of Missions class. It begins with an exercise on Ezra 7:10 and discusses the importance of exegesis in properly understanding and teaching Scripture. The document outlines different types of biblical genres and gives guidelines for analyzing the context, form, content and function of a passage. It emphasizes avoiding eisegesis and being aware of cognitive biases. The document provides a workflow for exegesis using the acronym COFOCOFU to analyze context, form, content and function. It stresses asking questions, understanding genre and not reading things into the text. Overall, the document aims to equip students to do careful, unbiased exegesis in order to
God still speaks and wants to communicate directly with individuals. He loves each person deeply and provides ways to develop a personal relationship, including through prayer, reading the Bible, and listening for God's voice. God may speak through thoughts, dreams, other people, or by giving prophetic messages. To receive prophecies, one must have faith, be filled with the Holy Spirit, pray for the gift of prophecy, develop intimacy with God through prayer and reading the Bible, and listen with an open and obedient heart.
The document discusses the biblical doctrine of illumination by the Holy Spirit. It explains that illumination is the Holy Spirit enabling believers to understand and apply God's word to their lives. It does not provide new revelation, but allows believers to grasp the meaning of scripture. Regular study of God's word with the Holy Spirit's illumination provides direction and understanding. The Holy Spirit also illuminates believers to remember Jesus' teachings and apply scripture in their lives.
This document discusses factors that can influence biblical interpretation, such as presuppositions, translations, cultural experience, and sin. It emphasizes that the Bible must be interpreted in its original historical and cultural context, but also contains universal truths. The Holy Spirit can help readers properly understand scripture by opening their minds and helping them look past biases. The document recommends studying scripture in its specific contexts across the Bible to develop a unified doctrine and understanding of God's message.
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving communion for the first time. The list includes basics such as: 1) There is one God who created everything, 2) God created humanity good but with free will, 3) Jesus is both God and man who lived, died, and rose from the dead, 4) Baptism makes one part of the body of Christ and reconciliation heals that relationship when sins are confessed. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving communion and mean what they say in receiving the body and blood of Christ.
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving their First Communion. The list includes basics such as that there is one God who created everything, humanity was created good by God but also has free will to sin, Jesus is both God and man who died for humanity's sins, and the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, and the Eucharist. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving communion and "mean what they say."
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving their First Communion. The list includes beliefs such as that there is one God who created everything, God created humanity to love him, Jesus is both God and man, and in Baptism we become part of the Body of Christ. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving the Eucharist for the first time.
This document outlines 95 theses, or points of contention, regarding modern Christianity similar to Martin Luther's 95 Theses criticizing the Catholic church in the 1500s. The author grew frustrated with their seminary training, which seemed more focused on success and status than a relationship with God. Through reading books by A.W. Tozer and Brother Andrew, the author felt called to abandon their seminary studies and pursue God directly. They began questioning many modern Christian practices and traditions. The author hopes readers will open their minds to what the Holy Spirit has revealed, including the need for radical faith and understanding that God desires us as His people. The document is meant to serve as a catalyst for living moment-by-moment led by the Holy
This document provides an overview of a tool for church discipleship. It discusses the need for both personal and corporate discipleship to help Christians grow in maturity and fruitfulness. The personal model of discipleship involves four components: focusing on God's word, making a commitment, modeling godly behavior, and providing individual attention. The goal of discipleship is to help believers progress from spiritual childhood to adulthood and produce spiritual reproduction through evangelism.
If we were obliged to classify Paul as either
a supernaturalist or a pantheist, we should no
doubt put him in the former category. But
he does not use the word supernatural; he
uses the word Spirit ; and if we set out to learn
of him where and how God is to be seen and
felt by us, we shall soon discover how much
better for the purposes of religion the word
Spirit is.
1. The document outlines 7 rules for biblical understanding: believe the Bible is God's inspired word; be humble and teachable; compare scripture with scripture; ask the Holy Spirit for guidance; truly want to know the truth; make Bible study a priority; and abide by the teachings even if they contradict personal beliefs.
2. Key principles include studying what the entire Bible says on a topic rather than isolating passages, and praying for divine instruction before study.
3. The goal is to understand spiritual truths that are often hidden, not to find arguments against truth.
The document provides guidance on how to study the Bible through examining the meaning and significance of passages. It discusses understanding the original author's intended meaning by surveying the historical background, context, grammar, and definitions of words. The goal is to preserve the integrity of the meaning while understanding contemporary significance. Three progressive objectives of exposition, interpretation and application are outlined to achieve understanding, relevance and life application from Bible study.
This document outlines a presentation on how to study the Bible personally. It discusses the importance of Bible study for spiritual growth, maturity and effectiveness. The key steps outlined are observation, interpretation and application. Observation involves asking who, what, where, when, why and what questions of the text. Interpretation looks at content, context, comparison, culture and consultation. Application involves relating the meaning to one's own life and practicing it. The presentation uses the example of Mark 4:35-42 and Romans 12:1-2 to demonstrate the process and concludes by encouraging regular Bible study.
This document provides an overview of how to study the Bible in four steps: observation, interpretation, application, and preparation. It discusses key aspects of each step. For observation, it emphasizes paying close attention to context, key terms, questions, and details. Interpretation involves understanding what the text meant to the original audience and identifying timeless principles. Application means applying those principles to one's own life. Preparation includes confession, seeking wisdom, and focusing on God's word. The document recommends various resources and gives tips for effective Bible study.
The document discusses the importance of personal Bible study. It states that the Bible is the only source of divine authority that provides direction, hope, peace, and understanding. Studying the Bible transforms people from earthly to spiritual minds so they can reflect Christ. The benefits of knowing God's word include truth, blessing, victory over sin and temptation, growth, power, and guidance. Regular Bible reading and study helps develop strong Christian character and spiritual fitness through developing the habit of daily reading, starting slow, and meditating on what is read. Personal Bible study is important lifelong work.
308560 love letters_from_heaven-trk-20151110Yaw Aboagye
This document is a summary of a book that argues God's commandments are not harsh rules but rather "love letters from heaven" intended to guide believers into blessing. It says pursuing God's love through obedience unlocks believers' inheritance of divine power to do greater works than Jesus. By keeping God's commands out of love rather than legalism, believers can walk in total victory over fear and experience the joy of Christ's fullness in their lives.
This document provides an overview of a lesson on the necessity of prayer. It discusses various Christian figures like Flannery O'Connor, St. Augustine, and John Wesley who struggled with prayer but eventually learned to pray by being honest with God and seeking His kingdom over other desires. It also discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding prayer. The document advocates for an "intelligent mysticism" approach to prayer where believers experience God through both emotion and intellect. It provides suggestions for learning to pray such as regularly praying Psalms, meditating on scripture, and praying daily with greater expectation of God.
This document is a preface and first chapter from a book containing three chapters on basic elements of the Christian life. The preface indicates the book contains material previously published separately as three booklets by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee.
The first chapter discusses the importance of spending time with God daily through prayer and reading the Bible. It recommends setting aside 30 minutes each morning to pray and read the Bible without focusing on knowledge, but on communing with God and enjoying Him. The chapter describes a method of "pray-reading" where the reader prays the words of the Bible as they read them aloud. It asserts this practice can nourish believers spiritually and change their experience of Christ.
This document discusses the rabbi-disciple relationship in 1st century Judaism and what it meant to be a disciple. Disciples willingly submitted to their rabbi's authority, viewing the rabbi as the interpreter of God's word. Disciples spent long periods studying, debating, and emulating their rabbi in an intimate community. They conformed their lives to their rabbi's interpretations of scripture. The document examines what aspects of this rabbi-disciple dynamic may still be relevant for Christian discipleship today.
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving communion for the first time. The list includes basics such as: there is one God in three persons; God created everything; Jesus is both God and man; and in communion one receives the body and blood of Christ. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving communion and mean what they say. The document also provides context for some of the concepts on the list.
This document provides teaching notes on exegesis from an ICCM School of Missions class. It begins with an exercise on Ezra 7:10 and discusses the importance of exegesis in properly understanding and teaching Scripture. The document outlines different types of biblical genres and gives guidelines for analyzing the context, form, content and function of a passage. It emphasizes avoiding eisegesis and being aware of cognitive biases. The document provides a workflow for exegesis using the acronym COFOCOFU to analyze context, form, content and function. It stresses asking questions, understanding genre and not reading things into the text. Overall, the document aims to equip students to do careful, unbiased exegesis in order to
God still speaks and wants to communicate directly with individuals. He loves each person deeply and provides ways to develop a personal relationship, including through prayer, reading the Bible, and listening for God's voice. God may speak through thoughts, dreams, other people, or by giving prophetic messages. To receive prophecies, one must have faith, be filled with the Holy Spirit, pray for the gift of prophecy, develop intimacy with God through prayer and reading the Bible, and listen with an open and obedient heart.
The document discusses the biblical doctrine of illumination by the Holy Spirit. It explains that illumination is the Holy Spirit enabling believers to understand and apply God's word to their lives. It does not provide new revelation, but allows believers to grasp the meaning of scripture. Regular study of God's word with the Holy Spirit's illumination provides direction and understanding. The Holy Spirit also illuminates believers to remember Jesus' teachings and apply scripture in their lives.
This document discusses factors that can influence biblical interpretation, such as presuppositions, translations, cultural experience, and sin. It emphasizes that the Bible must be interpreted in its original historical and cultural context, but also contains universal truths. The Holy Spirit can help readers properly understand scripture by opening their minds and helping them look past biases. The document recommends studying scripture in its specific contexts across the Bible to develop a unified doctrine and understanding of God's message.
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving communion for the first time. The list includes basics such as: 1) There is one God who created everything, 2) God created humanity good but with free will, 3) Jesus is both God and man who lived, died, and rose from the dead, 4) Baptism makes one part of the body of Christ and reconciliation heals that relationship when sins are confessed. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving communion and mean what they say in receiving the body and blood of Christ.
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving their First Communion. The list includes basics such as that there is one God who created everything, humanity was created good by God but also has free will to sin, Jesus is both God and man who died for humanity's sins, and the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, and the Eucharist. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving communion and "mean what they say."
The document provides a list of 20 things that the author believes children should know about God, humanity, Jesus, and the sacraments before receiving their First Communion. The list includes beliefs such as that there is one God who created everything, God created humanity to love him, Jesus is both God and man, and in Baptism we become part of the Body of Christ. The author explains that knowing these concepts will help children understand what they are doing when receiving the Eucharist for the first time.
This document outlines 95 theses, or points of contention, regarding modern Christianity similar to Martin Luther's 95 Theses criticizing the Catholic church in the 1500s. The author grew frustrated with their seminary training, which seemed more focused on success and status than a relationship with God. Through reading books by A.W. Tozer and Brother Andrew, the author felt called to abandon their seminary studies and pursue God directly. They began questioning many modern Christian practices and traditions. The author hopes readers will open their minds to what the Holy Spirit has revealed, including the need for radical faith and understanding that God desires us as His people. The document is meant to serve as a catalyst for living moment-by-moment led by the Holy
This document provides an overview of a tool for church discipleship. It discusses the need for both personal and corporate discipleship to help Christians grow in maturity and fruitfulness. The personal model of discipleship involves four components: focusing on God's word, making a commitment, modeling godly behavior, and providing individual attention. The goal of discipleship is to help believers progress from spiritual childhood to adulthood and produce spiritual reproduction through evangelism.
If we were obliged to classify Paul as either
a supernaturalist or a pantheist, we should no
doubt put him in the former category. But
he does not use the word supernatural; he
uses the word Spirit ; and if we set out to learn
of him where and how God is to be seen and
felt by us, we shall soon discover how much
better for the purposes of religion the word
Spirit is.
This document is a chapter from the book "Prosperity of the Soul" by Jerry Savelle. The chapter discusses how Jesus' sacrifice on the cross paid the price not just for salvation from sin but also for healing, prosperity, and blessing in every area of life. It argues that God desires believers to prosper physically, financially, and materially just as much as He desires them to be saved spiritually. The chapter aims to show that prosperity is God's will according to scriptures like 3 John 2, and that Jesus' atoning work provides for prosperity in all aspects of life, not just salvation from hell.
A re-interpretation of the Apostle John's First Letter to the early Christians using open and inclusive spiritual language (ie 'non-religious' language) to make it more accessible to people who have been 'turned off' by the doctrines, dogmas and practices of the church.
The document discusses the importance of teaching new or immature believers to focus inwardly on adopting God's biblical principles, rather than outward behaviors alone. It emphasizes that our disposition, decisions, and behaviors should reflect focusing on our relationship with God and allowing Him to guide our lives, rather than relying solely on human reasoning. The document also stresses that we were created to need and support one another as part of God's plan.
Part 3 in the series of personal discipleship, Life to Life groups. Learn how to help others grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ as you, yourselves, are strengthened in your own walk with God.
The document provides a summary of how the Bible was compiled over hundreds of years by many authors on three continents. It explains that while humans wrote the individual books, the Bible is considered divinely inspired. The books that comprised the Bible were determined based on their authority and accuracy in representing God's revelation and truth. Various religious authorities gradually recognized the authoritative books until the canon of the Bible was established. The document then discusses how the original manuscripts were accurately preserved through copies to give readers confidence in the text we have today.
Summer Splash Developing a devotional life part 1 of 2Albert Soto
This document provides an overview and summaries of a 2013 summer series on developing a devotional life. It includes:
- An introduction and schedule for the summer series focusing on having a devotional life, reading the Bible, and living in community.
- Summaries of three talks from the series addressing fuel for the devotional journey, foundations for reading the Bible, and friends for the journey of living in community.
- Additional summaries of methods for daily devotion, why to read the Bible, and an example of using the S.O.A.P. Bible study method in a journal entry. The document offers guidance and perspectives on spiritual growth through regular Bible reading and prayer.
1. Benedict XVI responds to questions about God, Christianity, and faith. Regarding how God is described, he says God is neither male nor female but that biblical images use both masculine and feminine attributes to depict God's compassion.
2. On whether we can image God, he says we can consider the image God gave of himself in Jesus Christ, who is the perfect image of God. While this image does not allow us to represent God's infinity, it shows us God through Christ's life and teachings.
3. In response to why life should not just be easy, enjoyable and pleasant, Benedict acknowledges the temptation to seek happiness through material means but says this is ultimately empty and deceiving. True happiness
This is the first in a series of studies for a small church group who wanted to understand who the Holy Spirit is, and what His role is in the Bible and the Christian life.
The document provides guidance on properly understanding and interpreting the Bible. It discusses that the Bible should be read with faith in order to truly understand God's message and purpose. While it does not contain a complete knowledge of God, it can develop understanding and trust through the Holy Spirit. It also cautions that experiences should be tested against what is found in Scripture and discusses several methods and attitudes for properly studying and applying the Bible.
This document provides an introduction and overview to a class on the first five books of the Hebrew Bible known as Torah. It discusses different interpretations of what Torah means and encompasses. It notes that while the text will be analyzed from multiple scholarly perspectives, the primary focus will be on exploring the spiritual and ethical dimensions of the text. The document then begins an analysis of the first chapter of Genesis, discussing different translations and interpretations of key verses, and emphasizing what these reveal about God's relationship with humanity.
One fact is sure, what you believe will greatly influence who you are and what you become. Your belief, or lack of it, will create your limitations for success, happiness, love and your very destiny.
What is God?
Evil, the lack of good
Does God exist?
What is Spirituality?
The difference between energy and spiritism
Healing with Medicine vs. Faith
Does God want you sick?
Who is responsible for your health?
Did God create evil?
Is God love, or judgment?
Does diet -health of the physical body- affect our spirituality?
Man’s Intended Diet
Blood type discrepancies and earth catastrophes change physiology
Self-test for Spirituality
What is your potential?
This document summarizes the contents of a book about angelic visitations experienced by Roland Buck. It includes an introduction from Buck's wife explaining how the encounters have impacted their family and ministry. The first chapter provides context for Buck's experiences, noting they began two years prior and have occurred about every two to three weeks. Each time, the angels bring a message from God to share with others. Though Buck cannot quote the angels verbatim, he aims to faithfully convey the truths revealed to help bring encouragement and liberation.
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Holyspirit
1. It’s time for the Spotless
Church
When God called me into the Ministry He
showed me, in a vision of things to come, that I
would be revealing three major Spots on the Body
of Christ.
He said at the time,
“They are patterns.”
This book is about the spot at the base and is the real
reason the other two spots exist!
The Mechanics of how the
Holy Spirit teaches & Leads
Comparing Spiritual Things
with Spiritual
Plus: The Mechanics of a Flow Chart
a must for the leaders of a corporate body!
2. The Importance of this Book!
Because of the volume of different things the Lord
has taught us here at Take His Heart, I asked the Lord to
reveal where I should start if I were to go to a church down
the street and present to them what we have learned. He
took me to:
Romans 8
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit.
It is because of the lack of understanding of how the Holy
Spirit teaches and leads that we as Christians have been miss-
ing the corrections, teachings, and leadings of the Holy Spirit. It
is fairly safe to say that because of this spot the others exist.
How is it that the Church could follow the Lord in these Last
Days if she doesn’t know how He teaches and leads? No won-
der the Lord would want me to start with this subject!
References:
Strong, James, S.T.D., LL.D.,
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible,
Abingdon Press, Nashville, New York, 1974
The American College Dictionary,
Random House, New York, 1961
Green, Jay P.,
The Interlinear Bible, Hebrew-Greek-English, Hendrickson publishers,
Peabody, Massachusetts, 1986, copyright 1985,
With permission from Jay Green Jr., 1994.
Copyright 1995, revised 2010, by Roy Sauzek
copyright protected 2010
3. The Mechanics of How the Holy Spirit
Teaches.
I Corinthians 2:12,13
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that
are freely given to us of God. Which things also we
speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things
with spiritual .
identifies a "thing of the Spirit."
God sent his word:
John 15:20
"Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is
not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they
will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they
will keep yours also."
John 1:1,2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word (Jesus) was
with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God. The same (Je-
sus) was in the beginning with God
John 1:14
And the Word (Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among
us,....
Knowing that while "The Word" is referring to God
and His Son, the word “ Word,” not only in the above scrip-
tures, but in others, like John 15:20, means something
said, including the thought. (*Strong’s Exhaustive Concor-
dance Of The Bible.)
There is only one truth.
When I was taken to heaven, like Paul the apostle
was, I faced what God meant when He said what He said
in scripture. My thoughts, my understanding (what I had
been taught), or my interpretation of His Word didn’t ‘hold
1
4. water’ there. “What God meant” is what you will face
when you go to heaven. You will face God’s thought be-
hind His word and He, being absolute truth, won’t be able
to change or vary from what He meant on any subject just
because you misunderstood, or were taught wrong by well
meaning men who love the Lord. The Holy Spirit is the
only teacher who knows God’s thought behind His word.
Therefore, we need to understand everything we can
about how the Holy Spirit teaches and be open to his
teachings.
There are over 600 different protestant denominations
in the USA. They represent almost 600 different ideas of
what the Bible says, in one way or another. The Bible
warns many times about the wisdom of men and the fact
that we don’t think, or reason like God wants us to. We are
not to lean to our own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding.
Paul refers to the wisdom of men right before he talks
about how the Holy Spirit teaches, in I Corinthians 2. He
specifically refers to the wisdom of this world coming to
naught in verse six.
1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect:
yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this
world, that come to naught:
When I was in heaven looking into hell, I saw a
believer who was there because of teachings and tradi-
tions performed in the wisdom of men who have leaned to
their own understanding of what the Bible says. Those
teachings and traditions had come to naught for this per-
son and there was no changing the results. It was too late
for this person. The very sad thing about this situation was
that it was not her fault that she was in hell. It was the re-
sult of the leaders of the church leaning to their own un-
derstanding of what the Bible says about salvation unto
eternal life, a very critical area. This is why I feel that this
is one of the two most important writings I have ever done.
I hope to be straight forward, pulling no punches. I will
2
5. give various examples, sometimes bringing something up
more than once in the hope that you will understand the
seriousness of leaders not understanding “How the Holy
Spirit teaches.” The scripture gives demonstration of the
Holy Spirit teaching a person, which I will explain later.
To know God’s thought behind the scriptures, or what
He means, requires revelation from the Holy Spirit. There
is no other way. It cannot be gained through man’s wis-
dom and insight. Let us reason here. If all the leaders in
the church world were taught by the same teacher and all
knew how He teaches, there would only be one idea, one
knowledge, of what the Bible says, not two ideas or any
number upwards towards 600. There is only one truth of
the purpose of water baptism. There is only one truth of
how a person becomes saved. There is only one truth of
the purpose of taking communion, and so on. There is
only one truth. That is what God meant/means and that is
what stands.
One “thing of the Spirit" concerning this writing:
3
6. God has painted a picture (previous page) with His
Word. This picture is like an oil painting. It has depth. It
has substance. One time I did a magazine article centered
around this topic. The Lord gave me this vision , de-
picting where/what the true water of the word is. It is,
“God’s thought, what He meant when He said it!”
This vision is a “thing of the Spirit” of which
the scripture reveals that we as Christians are to pay atten-
tion to, and follow after, Romans 8: 5. (We will discuss this
more later.) This vision is only one “thing of the Spirit,”
given by the Holy Spirit to me, to teach me what I’m talking
to you about in this article. There is pure truth presented in
the vision by the Holy Spirit! Understand that I added 1- 4
to the vision for understanding but I got that understanding
from comparing other “things of the Spirit” given to me.
Without the other things of the spirit I wouldn’t know
1- 4. I could have interpreted the vision in my own under-
standing to mean: I was getting God’s pure thought simply
by reading the Word of God.
Look at the vision, meditate on it even without what I
added, knowing what the word “Word” means, “something
said, including the thought.” Know that the Lord is showing
you a truth. When you open your Bible, know you are
looking at GOD’S WORD but realize it is God’s
thought in His Word that we must know and understand.
The word of God says the Holy Spirit reveals the
deep things of God to us.
I Corinthians 2:10
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
When God gives His Word to us, it includes His
thoughts. We can hear God's voice, read God's word and
because of the thought patterns in our carnal minds, we do
not arrive at the meaning of what God is actually saying. If
we don’t have the input of the “things of the Spirit,” and
understand how the Holy Spirit teaches “comparing spiri-
tual with spiritual,” we are left with interpretation accom-
plished only by the wisdom of men. Yes, the Bible says
that we are to study and rightly divide the word of God.
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7. 2 Timothy 2:15
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
It also says we are to add things together correctly.
Isaiah 28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
But this is impossible in the wisdom of men. Without
the teacher of the Bible’s input and guidance, we as a
people don’t/can’t rightly divide and add precept on pre-
cept without error. We don’t know where we are missing it
and what is more important to know than something else.
We simply can’t get the right understanding of the thought
behind the Word! Without the understanding of how the
Holy Spirit teaches we are almost as bad off, if not as bad
off, as having no teacher at all. If you unknowingly reject
how a teacher teaches, you have rejected the teacher and
you actually have no teacher.
Can you imagine what would happen if we as a na-
tion just gave our children books and expected them to
learn by themselves, without teachers? If I gave you a
book that contained everything there is to know about how
to fly the Space Shuttle, do you think you could ever get
what you need to know to fly it by studying without a
teacher/instructor? Without the input of the people who
built the shuttle, some hands on experience, and some
guidance from an instructor, you could never fly the shuttle
successfully.
That is the way it is with the Bible. We must have the
person who wrote the Bible give us understanding and
guidance as to how to rightly divide, add line upon line and
precept upon precept. And to have the Holy Spirit teach us
what God’s thought is in the Bible we must know how the
Holy Spirit teaches, comparing Spiritual things with
spiritual, lest we are in that position of having no teacher
at all. Lack of understanding of how the Holy Spirit
teaches has left the body of Christ with all kinds of doc-
trines or teachings of men which the Bible itself reveals will
be prevalent in the last days. That’s why we have 600 plus
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8. denominations. That’s why the Bible speaks of teachers
who have itching ears.
The body of Christ, mainly it’s leaders, need to sit in
front of men who have been taught by the Holy Spirit. A
man who has been taught by comparing Spiritual things
with spiritual can give witness of the “things of the Spirit”
the Holy Spirit used to teach him. A man who cannot
give witness to the things of the Spirit on the subject
he is teaching was not taught by the Holy Spirit.
You may be getting the impression that I am against
Bible studies. No, they are good and discussion can bring
understanding to people. But you must realize that without
being connected to someone who has been taught by the
Holy Spirit, leaves the group studying completely in the
wisdom of men. I have been involved in a few Bible stud-
ies and I learned a lot from them, some of which was true
and some of which was false. I’ve been in meetings where
I was asked what I thought about what the scripture said.
Of course, I had my opinion and that is all it was, “My opin-
ion.” My opinion and your opinion won’t hold up in the
courts of heaven. Only what God meant will hold up. One
time the Lord showed me that people were building their
beliefs on a foundation of chat (chat between people), not
on the ability of the Holy Spirit to reveal and teach what
God meant.
One time I wrote a little test. When one of the ques-
tions was read, some people knew what I meant but other
people thought I meant something different. This is the
problem in the minds of men, knowing/discerning what
God’s thought is behind His Word. We as a people
perceive/interpret what is being said by our experiences
and what we have previously thought to be true.
There are many men in the world who hear from the
Holy Spirit but there are few who know and understand
how He teaches, comparing Spiritual with spiritual. We
need to realize that God always gives truth but it takes
more “things of the Spirit” for us to understand that truth.
That’s why scripture mentions two things when it says
“How the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing Spiritual things
with spiritual.” It takes a mind to compare two “things of the
Spirit.” The word “compare” certainly indicates at least two
items are involved. This will become more clear as we go
through scripture, demonstrating how the Holy Spirit
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9. teaches. The pure and simple fact is that God gives you
a/the Word and then the understanding, two separate
things. Let me witness to you that God gives a truth and
then the understanding. It’s that way with His Word. It is
truth but He is the one giving the understanding, not the
minds of men.
One day I was arguing with God, talking to Him about
scriptures. There seemed to be contradictions. Then God
answered me in a very, very loud voice , "It is as it is." I
was shaken and appalled at what had happened. I didn't
know what God meant, as it made no sense to me. Actu-
ally, I thought it was a stupid answer and I said so out loud,
as it didn't seem like an answer to anything. "It is as it
is." That didn't tell me anything and I told God that it didn’t
tell me anything, that it was a stupid answer. The problem
was that I didn’t know the thought behind what He said.
Three days later the Lord rolled the understanding into me
"Everything is as I say it is. You can go on believing
what you want to believe, but it is as I say it is." You see, I
had the truth (through the audible voice of God) at the first
“thing of the Spirit” but not the understanding, or the
thought behind those words. The understanding came
with the second “thing of the Spirit.” It came in parts be-
cause God gives in part, here a little, there a little. In this
case, God gave the truth first and then the understanding.
I had to follow after, (pay attention to) two separate
“things of the Spirit,” because one without the other
would have left me in error and leaning to my own
wisdom.”
Some people might say, “But the Bible says that I
have the Holy Spirit and I need no man to teach me. I can
sit down and study scripture and come up with the truth.”
They believe this mainly because of the following scripture.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in
you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the
same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and
is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in
him.
Notice this scripture says “but as the same anoint-
ing teacheth you of all things.” In other words, the Holy
Spirit teaches you about everything and you don’t really
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10. need man to teach you anything. This is a truth, but if the
Body of Christ doesn’t know how the Holy Spirit teaches,
it is being taught in the wisdom of men, by men leaning to
their own understanding. No exceptions!
It’s like going to college and being given a book to
study but the instructor teaches in a way that is foreign to
you, you don’t realize you’re not really understanding.
Then you fall into your own understanding of the book and
what the instructor is saying and you therefore fail the
course. Why? Not because you didn’t study the book or
listen to the instructor, you did! But you didn’t get the pre-
cise understanding of what he was teaching because you
didn’t understand the instructor’s method of teaching. The
Body of Christ, mainly it’s leaders, need to sit under men
who know how the Holy Spirit teaches, “comparing Spiri-
tual with spiritual.” Any man who understands how the
Holy Spirit teaches can teach how He teaches.
God loves us and He would not have us ignorant of
how the Holy Spirit teaches. God revealed how the Holy
Spirit teaches the deep things of God to us in His word .
I Corinthians 2:12,13 ILB
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the
Spirit of God; that we may know the things freely given to
us by God; which things we also speak, not in words
taught in human wisdom, but in words taught of (the) Holy
Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things..
This is not the only place where the Bible talks about
the things of the Spirit. To understand more about the
things of the spirit, look in the book of Romans.
Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit.
In simple language, God is saying here that to follow
the Holy Spirit you need to pay attention to and meditate
on the things of the Holy Spirit. The things (gifts) of the
Holy Spirit are tangible things. A word, a dream, or a vi-
sion are things of the Spirit that we can hold as something
of substance, that comes from and is produced by the
Spirit of God. In my experience the gifts (things) of the
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11. Spirit (wisdom, knowledge, discerning of spirits, and
prophecy) can be manifested in a word, a dream, or a vi-
sion.
One of the more miraculous things that can happen
by following the “things of the spirit” is deliverance, which
comes because the Holy Spirit has revealed/taught truth.
God can overcome false doctrines and untruth that
exist in a person's life. Peter is a good example of a
man of God who had to learn something.
In the story concerning Cornelius we can see a
demonstration of the Holy Spirit teaching Peter, by Pe-
ter comparing Spiritual with spiritual. God is overcom-
ing a false doctrine in Peter!
We start in Acts 10:9 and continue.
9. On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew
nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray
about the sixth hour: 10. And he became very hungry, and
would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a
trance, 11. And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel
descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at
the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12. Wherein
were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13. And
there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14.
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any
thing that is common or unclean. 15. And the voice spake
unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed,
that call not thou common. 16. This was done thrice: and
the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Peter has just had his first thing of the Spirit, a
vision. As you read you will see that the Spirit of God is
dealing with Peter, showing him what to do. Now Peter did
not have the understanding of the vision. It is Peter's reve-
lation about the Word of God that we are looking for, a
truth that Peter did not know. Notice that Peter will hang
onto this original “thing of the spirit” until he gets his final
understanding of it.
17. Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision
which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which
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12. were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's
house, and stood before the gate, 18. And called, and
asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were
lodged there. 19. While Peter thought on the vision, the
Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 20.
Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them,
doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21. Then Peter
went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cor-
nelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is
the cause wherefore ye are come? 22. And they said, Cor-
nelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God,
and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was
warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his
house, and to hear words of thee. 23. Then called he them
in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away
with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied
him. 24. And the morrow after they entered into Cae-sa-re'-
a. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together
his kinsmen and near friends. 25. And as Peter was com-
ing in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and
worshiped him. 26. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand
up; I myself also am a man. 27. And as he talked with him,
he went in, and found many that were come together. 28.
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful
thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come
unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I
should not call any man common or unclean.
Peter was starting to get the surface part of the "Pic-
ture" God was painting (revelation) because he had en-
tered a Gentile's house, considered unclean. But he
doesn't have the second thing (experience) of the Spirit yet
and therefore he doesn't yet have the whole truth that God
wants him to understand.
29. Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon
as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have
sent for me?
Here is where Peter starts to hear what the Spirit of
the Lord has said and done in Cornelius' life, his second
“Spiritual thing” or encounter to consider.
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13. 30. And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and,
behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31. And
said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had
in remembrance in the sight of God. 32. Send therefore to
Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he
is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea-
side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33.
Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well
done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here
present before God, to hear all things that are commanded
thee of God.
After hearing Cornelius' story of what the Spirit of
God had done, Peter gets the final and complete revelation
by adding “one plus one” in his mind, comparing all the
things that had been done by the Spirit of God. {“Compare
with” means to think of how the two things are related to
each other when adding them together for understanding,
I Cor. 2:13.} Of course, his original vision of animals com-
ing down to earth and those words of God, “What God
hath cleansed, that call not thou common” had all come to
make sense to him because of the other things (things of
the Spirit) the Holy Spirit did later.
34. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Peter had a revelation, like a light bulb coming on in
his mind. God had finished painting the picture. Now, he
could see that the Gentiles could be saved and that was
one reason he was there. This is clearly revealed when he
was giving an account of what had happened at Cornelius’
house to others, in the next chapter. Peter explains what
happened, speaking of Cornelius,
Acts 11: 13,14
And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house,
which stood and said unto him, Send to Joppa, and call for
Simon, whose surname is Peter; Who shall tell thee words
whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
A foundational truth had been revealed to him by the
Spirit of God. Peter wouldn't have believed it by hearing
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14. the still small voice because it was against his religion, his
beliefs, the things that were in his own spirit. He had
been with Jesus and still didn't understand. The Holy Spirit
had to teach him in a dramatic way, using Spiritual things.
Sometimes the Holy Spirit has to get our attention.
Paul was taught the same way. To see this we go to
the book of Ephesians chapter 3, starting with verse 3 and
continuing through verse 6,
3. How by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;
(as I wrote afore in few words, 4. Whereby, when ye read
ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons
of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and
prophets by the Spirit;
What was the revelation God had revealed to Paul?
6. That the gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same
body, and partackers of his promise in Christ by the gos-
pel:
Paul was saying that he had learned the same thing
that Peter learned in the house of Cornelius, that the Gen-
tiles could be saved. Paul says in verse five that this in-
formation is revealed to holy apostles and prophets by the
Spirit of God. Paul had to use his mind to get the revela-
tion. He had to add "things" up. I have underlined
the word "knowledge" in verse 4. That word in the Strong's
Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible, means;
knowledge (4907) = a mental putting together, . . .
So we see in verse 4, by the implication of the word
knowledge (a mental putting together), that Paul had to
add up some “things of the Spirit” to get the same revela-
tion that Peter had in Cornelius' house. Conformation had
occurred among the Apostles that:
The Gentiles could be saved!
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15. The following was my personal introduction to
how the Holy Spirit teaches.
One day I saw myself, in a vision , standing in
front of a church full of people. I didn't like the idea of do-
ing anything like that. I don't like being in front of people,
period. So I asked the Lord a question, "Lord, if I am to
speak, what am I to say?" He answered , "The truth." I
said, "Lord, I don't know the truth. I'm not a preacher."
The Lord replied, "What you have seen with your own eyes
and what you shall come to believe from your experiences
shall be the truth."
What the Lord had just told me was my introduction to
a general pattern of how the Holy Spirit teaches. What I
had seen with my eyes were visions and dreams. I, like
Peter, didn't have the full revelation or understanding of
what I had seen. I had to experience more visions,
dreams, and experiences; always putting them together, to
get the revelation God wanted me to have. Some took
years and some just days. The Holy Spirit has taught me
many things on many subjects because of my purpose in
God. That is why you will find so many "things of the
Spirit" all through my writings.
I have decided to endeavor to place a symbol identi-
fying each “thing of the Spirit” in my writings. I chose an
opened mail box with a letter in it because each "thing
of the Spirit," in whatever form, is like getting a letter/Word
from the Lord. This may take some time but we need to
realize how important it is to let the Holy Spirit teach us
and not lean to our own understanding.
Simplicity is a key to knowing when you see the
truth. The Lord told me , "If something suddenly strikes
you as being simple, and it makes sense, it's true." Every
revelation from the Lord I've had, hit me just that way. I've
had so many of those, "But God, that's too simple, simple
beyond belief.” Never the less, the Bible talks about the
simplicity that is in Christ Jesus.
We need to know what God means in His Word. We
need to understand the thoughts behind those words be-
cause words change meanings, and sometimes in a
short period of time. For example, when I was in high
school, the word "gay" meant something completely differ-
ent than it means now!
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16. One very important benefit of following after the
"things of the Spirit" is to be able to recognize the differ-
ence between our spirit and the Holy Spirit. We should
under-stand that our spirit and God's Spirit are not the
same thing, although they both dwell in the Christian. One
of the hardest things for a Christian to do is determine the
difference between his spirit and the Spirit of God that is in
him. It is something else to divide between the spirit, the
soul and the flesh. But to divide between our spirit and the
Holy Spirit is harder because both are spirits. The follow-
ing scripture verifies that there is a difference.
Romans 8:16
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God:
Some years ago I had a dream given to me by God
. I was interpreting it the way I wanted to interpret it,
which is what most Christians do, using what we believe
and perceive, usually towards the benefit of our flesh. But
then the Lord said , "That's your spirit, not Mine." The
true interpretation went against my spirit and my soul. At
that time I understood nothing about comparing "Spiritual
things" with spiritual to get the interpretation/understanding
from God. Following the “things of the spirit” will enable
you to differentiate between your human spirit and God’s
Spirit. This is a must for success in following the Lord. I
won’t tell you it will be a fun deal, as the Bible says our
carnal minds are against God's purposes and acts.
What should the body of Christ do? Keep track, both
individually and corporately of the “things of the Spirit.”
Don’t throw anything away. What’s not of God will be
found out. This is important because we don’t know
what it is we don’t know or see. God does! Let me give
an example.
I was visiting in a church when the anointing of God
fell and people were encountering some “things of the
Spirit,” such as words of knowledge. A person said he had
a scripture from the Lord . He was allowed to read it
but no one knew why God had given it. They finally did
nothing with it and afterwards I asked the pastor about the
young man. I wanted to know his position in the church
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17. because I was curious as to why the Lord gave that par-
ticular scripture to that particular person.
The point I want to make clear is that it was not nec-
essarily wrong not to have done something concerning the
scripture at the meeting. But, what the pastor did was
wrong! The Pastor told me he had never understood that
scripture and that this was a fairly new Christian. There-
fore the pastor wasn't sure the young man had heard from
God. The pastor had discarded what the Lord had brought
up, mainly because of his lack of knowledge of what the
scripture was about. This bothered me but I was in no po-
sition in this church to do anything about this situation. Ac-
tually, the whole congregation should have been con-
cerned and seeking understanding from the Lord, from that
moment on, as to why He gave it. However, they weren’t
trained to get the second “thing of the Spirit” so they could
see why God had given it.
It is wrong to just throw a “thing of the Spirit” away,
God always gives it for a purpose. God might have used
me to give some understanding to them but there was no
chance because they had thrown it out. “They had thrown
the Baby out with the bath water.” What was the scripture?
Luke 13:24-27
24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto
you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When
once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to
the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at
the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall
answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk
in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
The young man’s position in the church was over the
Sunday School department. I know it was important for
that church to pay attention to what the Spirit of God had
brought up because the Lord had dealt with me concerning
these scriptures.
You and I are unable to discern what we don’t
know, that we need to know. So we shouldn’t throw
anything out based on our own understanding. Put it
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18. on a shelf but don’t leave it there, meditate on it, and wait
on the Lord. Don’t lean to your own understanding, lean
towards His by being open to Him giving a second “thing of
the Spirit”. This particular pastor leaned to his own under-
standing, allowing his spirit to become involved, and threw
this particular “thing of the Spirit” away. We need to be like
Peter, who kept his mind on the "things of the Spirit" and
was therefore able to recognize the next "thing of the
Spirit," thus gaining the understanding.
When we keep track of the “things of the Spirit” we
will have Christians coming against us. These are the
Christians mentioned in scripture who have carnal minds.
They are at enmity with God without realizing it (Romans
8:6,7) . It is important to pay attention to the “things of the
Spirit” because the Spirit brings life by warning us, teach-
ing us, and leading us.
I know of a family who had a daughter who was bru-
tally murdered. They were warned through a dream . If
the Church had been teaching correctly about the "things
of the Spirit" of God, it just might have saved this girl from
death. But the churches are basically carnal minded be-
cause they don’t mind (follow after) the "things of the
Spirit!" “Following after” involves more than just hearing
the Lord.
Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit.
Following the “Things of the Spirit” produces life at
the end of a situation. God is constantly warning us of
things to come and trying to show us where we are missing
it. But we must understand that He gives in part, here a
little, there a little, so understanding comes later, not as
soon as the first "thing of the Spirit" shows up.
In the years following 1980 God led and gave words
to over two hundred men who are in the ministry, revealing
that there was a problem with the church's understanding
of the mechanics of salvation. God was trying to lead
them into something they weren't aware of, just like he
did Peter! The Holy Spirit wanted to teach them like He
did Peter. One well known man said from his pulpit that
God told him that there were people who were not
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19. saved at his altar. To help understand the significance of
all this I share the following vision from the Lord.
I was on stage with the Lord. There was an easel,
holding a big white board, standing between me and the
Lord. In front of the Lord and down a level were men
dressed in suits, sitting in regular chairs. The Lord gave
them a Word (for them) and was standing, with marker
in hand, ready to explain the Word He had given them
(which would have been the second "thing of the Spirit" for
them). After getting the Word from the Lord, the men
turned to each other and were talking about the Word
the Lord had given them. I saw the Lord wait patiently
for the men to turn back to Him so He could explain the
original Word. They didn’t, and kept on leaning to their
own understanding. He waited quite some time. Then I
saw the Lord become angry. He crossed over in front of
the easel, towards me. I stepped back, seeing His anger
and not knowing what He was going to do. As He crossed
in front of the easel, He suddenly had two mechanical ob-
jects in His hands. It was as if the two mechanical objects
came from the easel. It was what He was going to ex-
plain to them. He slammed these two objects into my
chest saying, “You’re the only one who would listen!” The
force almost knocked me down backwards. I stumbled
back, trying to keep my balance, holding the weight of the
two mechanical objects in my arms.
The two mechanical things that He wanted to explain
to them were the mechanics of tithing and the mechanics
of salvation. But the men missed getting taught by the
Lord because of the lack of knowledge of the mechanics of
how the Holy Spirit teaches. They weren’t listening to the
Lord for the understanding. They leaned to their own in-
terpretation of the Word of the Lord which they had re-
ceived and they missed what it was really all about.
The only reason the Lord told me “You’re the only one who
would listen!” in the vision is not because I’m anything spe-
cial, or of any special anointing, but simply because I have
learned to listen and pay much attention to the “things of
the Spirit,” no matter who they come through. I am always
adding them together for understanding because He
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20. taught me to do it this way. The Holy Spirit is the one giv-
ing understanding, here a little there a little.
God is truth and the Word is truth but understanding
of that truth must come into the Body of Christ from the
Holy Spirit's ability to teach, Comparing Spiritual
things with spiritual! There is only one truth on every
subject and that is what God meant. God is pouring out
His Spirit on the earth to lead and teach men for a pur-
pose. It is imperative that the leadership of the church
learns the mechanics of how the Holy Spirit teaches,
guides, and directs us as individuals and as a corporate
body. The church will never come into Bride-ship without
the leadership having the understanding of "Comparing
Spiritual things with spiritual."
Next Section
The Mechanics of a Flow Chart
Plus: The River of Life
The Flow of the Holy Spirit,
here a little, there a little.
(God said to write it on the door posts of our homes.)
God’s free Flow into the Church!
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21. Flow Chart
To follow after the “things of the Spirit” is the Highway!
Isaiah 35: 8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be
called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over
it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not err therein.
The Lord said: I have a road for my Holy people to follow.
This is a path that is plain and uncluttered. Seek My Face.
Call upon My name. I will lead you in the way. For I am
the Way.
River of Life
A river that allows God to get you to
the place of His choice!
Isaiah 35:1
The wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for them; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blos-
som as the rose.
The Lord said: My River leads to a
place called destiny. Do you know
it? Do you see it? In yourself and
on your own you cannot see My
purposes. My vision for your life.
But in My River, you will see and know My purposes. My
River is a place of definition. Be defined, in Me. Seek My
Face. Call upon My Name. Be an accurate expression of
Me in the earth.
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22. The Mechanics of a Flow Chart
The Flow of the Holy Spirit, here a little, there a little.
(God said to write it on the door posts of our homes.)
The Bible is a flow chart, written through men by the
Spirit of God. We must remember God’s ways are not our
ways. A flow chart has everything to do with how the Holy
Spirit teaches, leads, directs, and confirms God’s Word to
us, individually and corporately. To keep a flow chart and
use it correctly is to, “compare spiritual with spiritual,” con-
tinually allowing God free flow in what He wants to reveal.
I Corinthians 2:12,13
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that
are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual .
It is also the way to be able to add line upon line and
precept upon precept concerning the Holy Spirit’s leading
and teachings, both in the church and in our personal lives.
It’s a vehicle the church is to use to bring together the
“here a little, and there a little” into a picture of what God
wants to reveal.
Isaiah 28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
It is a simple way you, as an individual or a corporate
body, can follow after the “things of the Spirt” and not fall
into condemnation. The existence of a flow chart allows a
corporate body or an individual to walk in peace in the
middle of a war!
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
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23. Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit.
Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
Many people think that Romans 8:1 says there is no
condemnation if you are in Christ, inferring that if you are in
Him you are automatically after the Spirit.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
It really says there is no condemnation to Christians who
follow after the Spirit. Then in verse five it reveals that to
follow after the Spirit (meaning the Holy Spirit) a Christian
must mind (mentally be aware of, pay attention to) the
“things of the Spirit,” (plural, more than one thing). Follow-
ing after doesn’t mean you will get it right every time but it
most certainly is true that if you keep following after, you
will eventually get the victory!
I can tell you the carnally minded Christian will think a
flow chart is foolishness. This is scriptural, for the carnal
mind is enmity against God. (Romans 8:7)
A flow chart will allow God to reveal things that you
can get no other way. There have been books written
about dreams, the forgotten language of God. I agree that
He most certainly speaks through them. But I must make it
plain, because the Lord has made it plain to me, that He
gives the illumination, interpretation, and understanding of
them through at least two or more “things of the Spirit.” It
can be as simple as living a dream already given, or hav-
ing two or more dreams, etc. If you are continually having
dreams on a certain subject or situation, it is because you
haven’t gotten the picture yet. There is something you are
not seeing.
The carnal mind automatically interprets towards the
pleasing of one’s own flesh, beliefs and traditions. Keep-
ing a flow chart correctly will bring you understanding of
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24. deeper things that you are unaware of in your life. If you
are in the ditch (even unknown to you), it will be a vessel
God can use to get you out. We must remember the Holy
Spirit is showing us what we don’t know, not what we
do know!
Judging from my own experience, and most certainly
proven through time in my life and the life of this ministry,
keeping a flow chart is the only way to separate God’s
Spirit from our own. It is a way to let God give the un-
derstanding, rather than leaning to our own! The corporate
flow chart for this ministry is the stabilizer and final direc-
tion giver of this ministry. That is because keeping it allows
God to freely write and establish what He wants into our
lives, both corporately and individually.
According to scripture, the Holy Spirit gives at His will. An
established flow chart allows Him to have a free hand, so
to speak! I can not emphasize this fact enough.
You must decide to establish a flow chart and write
everything down. Not having an established flow chart
lets a person get into things like: “This dream is not of God
because it has evil in it,” or “That Word doesn’t fit, so I
won’t pay any attention to it.” God simply can not do a
complete work because you are throwing away part of the
picture. This is true corporately and individually!
The Spirit of God is constantly presenting a picture,
not only leading us to truth about ourselves but also re-
vealing what God is doing all over the world. Below is a
picture of the concept of a flow chart. In the beginning
God told us it was like putting a puzzle together, here a
little, there a little.
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25. � To give an example of how a picture is illumi-
nated by adding “things of the Spirit” together, lets use
something simple like the state of Kansas. On this
site is a prophecy about Kansas through another man
in 1989. I have included it here. We must realize that
different manifestations of the giftʼs of the Spirit of
God.
"I will cause prophets to evolve out of Kansas, the Sun-
flower state. I will bring a major visitation of My Spirit to this
area. I will call the heavens and the earth to take notice of
what I will do in this state.
I will bring forth those who are highly educated concerning
the Word of the Lord. I will raise up major prophetic voices
who will sound from this place at the turn of the century, for
in the 21st century, you will hear of men who have been in
hiding coming forth one by one, speaking the oracle's of
the Most High God.
I will turn the economy of this state, and oppressed areas
shall be raised up. The Church in Kansas will also begin to
re‑evaluate its teaching.
There will be a sudden change in their theology concerning
the last day events. The church in this state will be brought
out of delusion, which will try to sweep the entire country at
the close of the century."
Now let’s add some other visions people have had to
this Word. One man’s vision I know about is where fire
comes down from heaven into Kansas and then spreads in
all directions from the point it came down. (This man be-
lieved the fire came down in Sumner county and lived
there for a while because of the vision.) Of course the fire
is the cleansing fire of God and most certainly has to do
with getting rid of the doctrines of men. When you add the
knowledge that God uses the office of a prophet to correct
His church, this Word and vision fit together very well.
Changed teachings and being brought out of a delusion fits
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26. the cleansing fire. Actually, the Word and the vision illumi-
nate each other.
Another man’s vision was where a branding iron
came down and branded Kansas, starting a fire that
spread from that branding iron in all directions. It illumi-
nates the picture further, even if it was just conformation.
We must understand that a branding iron burns flesh,
which is one of the main players in the harlot (spotted)
church. A branding iron also establishes ownership. The
church is supposed to be God’s and thus the vision infers
the establishment of His cleansed church, not the harlot!
Here I add another vision, of another man, concern-
ing Kansas. He saw circles all connected by lines to each
other. I assume this to be like a road map that shows
roads, between cities, all connected. Is it the Internet, or
what? Nevertheless, when placed in a flow chart of Kan-
sas with other Words and scenes I know nothing about, I
am sure it fits God’s big picture of what He is doing. I have
included this one to let you know that you should keep a
record, whether it fits now or not. Through time it will either
be dispelled or illuminated with understanding because it is
in the flow chart.
After you have had a flowchart for a while, it be-
comes a safety device. In my own life, this ministry’s flow
chart has identified a prophet operating in charismatic cir-
cles under the influence of a familiar spirit, unknown to
him. The Word he gave to me sounded great, looked
great, and seemed logical in my situation at that particular
time. But it went against the flow chart and what I had
been told personally. The familiar spirit was very familiar
with my situation at the time. Satan wanted to lead me
away from God’s plan. Every church needs a flow chart for
it’s leadership. It is a necessity to keep on God’s path and
expose the false!
What I wanted you to see with the “things of the
Spirit” about Kansas is how simply Words and visions illu-
minate each other when you bring them together. When
God brought this group together He told us to start a flow
chart and to tape all prayer meetings. He told us to bring
all prophecies, words of knowledge and wisdom, dreams,
and visions, etc., into one place and record them.
Deuteronomy 6:8-9
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27. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and
they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou
shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy
gates.
The reason He said this is because we forget or we
unknowingly change what was really said. One change of
any word will change the meaning and that’s why He told
Israel to write His Word on the doorposts of their houses.
He knew they would error and forget what was said ex-
actly. God knew they needed to be reminded daily!
Writing information down exactly as given and dating
it is very important. I don’t know how many times I thought
I remembered a Word or a scene from God, only to look
back and find I had remembered it wrong. When God told
us to keep a flow chart I didn’t know what one was, espe-
cially one with dreams and visions in it. I saw no purpose
for it. I finally started writing all my dreams and visions, in
detail, in a notebook. I started a time line, thinking it was a
flow chart. It became very interesting and soon I had ex-
perienced enough to announce that by following a flow
chart one could get delivered from things they were un-
aware of in their lives (that God doesn’t want there).
The flow chart of my own scenes in the night, visions,
etc., became so important that I titled my notebook “In-
struct,” meaning instruction from the Lord through the Holy
Spirit. To give you an idea of the massiveness of this
notebook, I have to start a new one every year. “1998 In-
struct” has 181 pages of typewritten information, single
spaced, in 11, and sometimes 12 sized fonts. “1999 In-
struct” has 121 pages, single spaced, all in 11 font. Along
with this is a corporate flow booklet for each year contain-
ing information of what God does and says, or reveals, in
all the meetings. All this is confirming information and
keeps us on a steady path to what God has for us to do in
these last days. A flow chart is definitely a faith builder.
I have not shared this with you to scare you into
thinking a flow chart is an impossible task and too hard to
achieve. If everyone will work in unity it will flow and come
together. My calling has a lot to do with the massive
amount of information given by the Holy Spirit. A flow chart
is simply a vehicle we can use to stay on a steady course.
If you look through this ministry’s flow chart, you can see
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28. that we have made circles, coming back to what we
missed the first time.
One secret to a flow chart is to write everything down
in detail. Numbers, colors, characters, etc., all have in-
depth meanings. God uses symbolism so that we can bet-
ter understand the thought behind the Word and some-
times feel His heartbeat.
God has led us into places we wouldn’t have normally
gone. “Take His Heart’s” web site is the result of having a
flow chart, by bringing more than one “thing of the Spirit”
together. A flow chart brings deeper understanding to a
person that can not be obtained any other way because
the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing Spiritual with spiritual.
He is the one who searches the deep things of God!
1 Corinthians 2:9,10
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nei-
ther have entered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath
revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Having a flow chart enables the leadership to be
really led by the Lord, consequently affecting the whole
corporate body. All should take part because God can give
“things of the Spirit” to anyone.
The circle with the
dots on it represents
members of this ministry.
All are to present the
“things of the Spirit” given
to them. You will notice
dots outside that circle.
These represent people
who are not a permanent
part of this particular min-
istry. Their “things of the
Spirit,” given to this minis-
try, are also put into the
pool (the flow chart).
It is very important that information from prayer
groups in the body be put into the flow chart. I know of a
church that collapsed and one of the main reasons was
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29. because the pastor was not paying any attention to what
God was revealing in the church prayer group. He was
asking advice of his colleagues, other pastors he was as-
sociated with. This is a harlotrous act of intimacy with men
and not the act of an upright Bride, which is to have inti-
macy with the Lord and the Lord alone. The first responsi-
bility of a corporate prayer group of any church is to inquire
of the Lord what He wants. Is there something we are
completely unaware of that He wants to reveal or say! He
is the leader of the church, not men.
A flow chart allows a lot of things to be dealt with at
the same time. It shows a bigger picture of what God is
doing than any other means. Understanding of the follow-
ing scripture is important when keeping a flow chart.
Isaiah 28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Sometimes the precepts can be far apart in time. For
instance, lately the Lord has been dealing with me about
how a corporate body becomes married to Him. He told
me that I know how the marriage ceremony takes place.
But some time ago the Lord had given me some words in a
scene in the night which concerned marriage to Him. They
were words of truth concerning the matter! I had forgotten
all about the scene. What I want you to see is this. He
had given this information to me on Jan 29th, 1998. You
see, “here a little, and there a little” can be pretty far apart
by our standards.
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30. I have drawn a picture of a corporate flow chart, to
give you a better idea of how I started. Let’s take the red
boxes. They all have to do with the same precept or sub-
ject; given, here a little, there a little, through time. Each
box contains the date, type of meeting, who it came
through, and the information. The choice is yours as to
whether you put all the information in the box or give a
brief outline of its content. You must however, have
enough information in the box to be able to see its link to
another box. And if you do this you must also record the
information in detail in a notebook or somewhere else.
God says in the last days He will pour out His spirit on
all flesh and there will be dreams and visions. He is doing
this for a purpose, not for fun. A picture is worth a 1000
words and certainly part of why God gives us pictures (like
through a flow chart) to enlighten us. I will not imply that
flow charts are easy but they are necessary to keep our
spirits, flesh, and traditions from ruling us and causing us
to miss the Lord’s real leading towards Brideship.
I used to worry about getting the correct interpretation
until finally the Lord told me, “Interpreting is not the
problem, getting it all down is.” It takes time, but eventually
you will see the Lord work in a corporate body, in a way
you have never seen before. If every church had a flow
chart they would be on their way to letting God rid them of
spots, in preparation for marriage to the Lord. After you
have kept a flow chart for a while you will see how it practi-
cally interprets itself, but you have to use your mind to add
things up. Remember, whatever the Holy Spirit is reveal-
ing, it’s always simple enough for us to understand.
When God is dealing with deeper things that you don’t
know or understand:
1. One “thing of the Spirit,” plus your thinking = lean-
ing to your own understanding.
2. Two “things of the Spirit,” or more, can = revelation
and understanding from God.
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31. River of Life
Life Is On This River
Warnings Of Things To Come.
Holy Spirit Teachings
(comparing Spiritual with spiritual)
God’s Purpose For Your life
Corrections, Disciplines
Dreams, Visions, Words
God’s Plan For His Church.
Restoration
Gifts Of The Spirit, Healing
Deliverance, Word Of Knowledge
Word Of Wisdom, Etc.
Instruction For His Bride.
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32. The Beginning of the River of Life!
Pure life-giving water!
The Lord showed me, symbolically, what is at the
top of the river. In a scene I was walking on top of a moun-
tain towards a stone object (pictured as
viewed from above). I suddenly found
myself inside it and walking around, try-
ing to figure out what it was. The walls
were stone blocks, all fitted perfectly to-
gether and I could see over them. Stone dividers were in-
side the walls but they were not as tall as the walls, proba-
bly about 8-10 inches shorter. I walked around in the divid-
ers and was headed out the open side, which I later dis-
covered was the outlet.
Suddenly, pure life-giving water
started flowing out of the solid rock floor be-
neath me. I’m talking about water from
within the stone itself, not from cracks or
anything like that. It was coming out of solid stone! It was
clear, beautiful, life-giving water beyond what anyone could
possibly imagine. It was covering the floor and was churn-
ing in every section. I was raised enough to see the im-
mense amount of water fill the whole thing
and start to pour from the outlet. It was
now going down the side of the mountain.
It was breath-taking, and I was in awe of
what I was seeing. End of scene.
Symbolically, the solid rock is Jesus. The water is
life-giving and flows down the River of Life to us. The Bible
says we know in part, so when we get one “thing of the
Spirit” from the River we have a part. God showed us to
treat the “one part” as a piece of a puzzle that eventually
forms a picture. A Corporate Flow Chart collects all these
parts from everyone and forms a picture. The important
points from this scene are that Jesus is the source and
everything that comes down the River is “life-giving” in
some way.
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33. A Picture Presented of Our End of
the River of Life!
Years ago God gave
me the scene to the
right. I didn't under-
stand much of it but
the general message
was,"This is how you
stay under baptism."
In the scene I
w a s w a t c h i n g a
woman in a well hold-
ing herself under wa-
ter by using a pipe
that was across the
well. I was amazed at
how long she could
hold herself under. I
saw her come up for air but wasted no time getting back
under! I thought it strange that she wanted to do this. Then
right before the scene ended, I was told, "If she holds her-
self under long enough she will become disease free!"
It is important to understand that "disease free" in-
cludes everything not of God. Satan's lies are a disease to
us in the spiritual and the natural. False doctrines are a
disease to us. They eat away at our very lives in the spirit
realm. God wants us to understand that we must hold our-
selves under the Water of the River of Life that extends
from His throne, and this takes great physical effort. It is a
conscious choice a person must make. One cannot do it
"half way" and come out "disease free!"
When God was teaching me about Salvation, Pro-
tections, and the correct way to Tithe, I had to hold myself
under the "things of the Spirit," which the Lord had given
me even though I didn't understand. Had I not continually
held myself under the River I would not have understood.
(Holding yourself under the River means to keep your fo-
cus on what God has shown you until it cleanses away
your thoughts that were contrary to His thoughts. Isaiah
55:8) My soul was being physically affected, partially be-
cause "man" was saying I was wrong. My own beliefs were
saying I was wrong! God showed me that I was swimming
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34. up the River, going to the source of those life-giving wa-
ters. He even gave us a song about this. In the natural
swimming against the current is very
hard, but the same is true spiritually.
We must face the current, we must
face (focus on) the information that
comes down the River. Some people turn away because
of their own flesh or because of spiritual influences in their
lives. Often these "influences" have become "pets" (false
doctrines or mind sets) they won't let go of. To better un-
derstand this read Death of a Pet!
The diagram below illustrates what is under the
River where the woman was holding herself under. There
are many (probably innumerable) pictures that come down
the River of Life, through various individuals. The pictures
or information will pertain to individuals and the Corporate
Body, as well as guidance and revelation. You will also get
pictures or information showing God's plans. All of this is
coming simultaneously and must be rightly divided and put
together, line upon line and precept upon precept, in order
for our lives to fulfill God's purpose.
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35. The picture at the bottom of the River, the six peo-
ple with the boxes below them, is very important to under-
stand. How you hold yourself under is also important and I
will share some of what God has shown me about this. To
begin with, when you receive a "thing of the Spirit" from the
River, the parable of the sower automatically comes into
play. The "things of the Spirit" that come down the River
are Rhema to us that produce life to us, both personally
and corporately. Here is one account of Jesus explaining
the parable:
Mark 4:14-20 The sower sows the word. And these are
they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when
they have heard, Satan comes immediately, and takes
away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are
they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately receive it with
gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure
but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution
arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as
hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceit-
fulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in,
choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. And these are
they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the
word, and receive it and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold,
some sixty, and some an hundred.
Jesus is sowing His Rhema word down the River
into our hearts and souls. Satan comes to steal the word.
Why immediately? Because they are life to us and to God's
purposes! Another account of this parable indicates Satan
achieves this because of our lack of understanding. In
every case that I have seen, whenever someone rejects a
"thing of the Spirit" it is because of "lack of understanding."
The reason for each rejection can be found in Jesus' ex-
planation of the parable. Here is a scene God gave me
showing the importance of being good ground and receiv-
ing all the water or rain that comes down the River of Life.
The land represents our minds and hearts.
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36. You will notice that the loam land is at a higher level
than the clay land. Loam absorbs much more water than
clay. In this picture the clay ground produces one crop a
year and the loam ground produces 3-5 crops. Which
would we want? God compares the loam ground to the
good ground in the parable, so the soul that absorbs all the
water coming down the River of Life is at a higher level
than the soul that does not. Which would we rather be?
Absorbing the water means to accept the word or
information into your flow chart and meditate on it. Seek
the Lord for its meaning and, if the meaning is illuminated
in the Flow Chart, accept the message. Don't turn your
back on it; deal with it, face the current of God's truth. True
deliverance that renews our minds to the ways of God is
not easy, especially when it is something that has become
a part of our personality.
Years ago there was a person in this group who
was not accepting what was easily seen in the Corporate
Flow Chart. God gave me a scene in the night of this per-
son getting off the Bride train and another person who was
going to replace that person. You see, God will have His
Spotless Bride and He has told us, "You can either be on
the sidelines watching (that close) or you can be in it."
Here are some dos and do-nots that are important with re-
spect to the things that come down the River of Life.
Do not try to get into the Flow Chart (for example;
by saying something you think will put you in it). He will put
you into the chart whenever He wants. By trying to get into
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37. the Flow Chart, you are in danger of picking up something
that belongs to God!
Do not try to manipulate the Flow Chart. God will
expose you, and it won't be pleasant! I have only seen this
once and I'm pretty sure the person was unaware of what
they were doing. Give only the "things of the Spirit" that
come down the River. The Flow Chart can reveal the dif-
ference between our spirit and the Holy Spirit that is within
us. I'm not trying to scare anyone, but there are people
who love the Lord and have wrong motives (what they
think or want). The Corporate Flow Chart reveals God's
thoughts and plans that we do not know.
Do record everything on tape. We have a scribe but
she cannot get everything down. God works with truth and
when it's recorded He can work with it. This is a key thing
to understand. You will be putting things that you do not
understand in a Flow Chart. Some people don't want to be
recorded. Spirits don't like to be recorded! If we are walk-
ing through life openly and honestly before all men (peo-
ple), why would we mind being recorded?
God said to me. "You are to be open and honest before all
men!"
(We were commanded to record everything! There have
been times we've missed doing this and we have in almost
every instance regretted not having the information on
tape!)
Do make sure you record the dates. This site and
the materials we send out are a testament of this. Because
of the dates we can see the "flow of God" and the informa-
tion becomes a witness of God's activities.
Do not be worried or overly concerned about
whether or not something came from God. If you put some-
thing in the Flow Chart that wasn't of God it amounts to
nothing unless God wants to expose it. Knowing this
makes it easier for the Flow Chart keepers. One time I had
a prophet, operating out of a python spirit, give me a word.
I recognized the spirit and wondered what kind of word it
would give. The spirit was very aware of my situation and
most certainly was trying to lead me away from where God
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38. was taking me. That word just faded away because I un-
derstood the flow charting of God's word.
Do not make fun of the symbols or what God might
have you do. I have chuckled and even laughed at some
myself, but God gave me a serious scene in the night
where I was telling people not to make light of symbols that
God gives by laughing and especially making remarks
about them. You may want to chuckle to yourself but you
must realize that the symbol was given to you on a level
you can understand. It was given for a purpose of the
Lord and it does affect someone's life! Making a smart re-
mark detracts from the meaning and I'm also sure the Holy
Spirit pulls back.
Do not be afraid of giving what you get. When God
told us to record everything, I didn't like it. I thought, "What
if I'm not hearing God correctly? I don't want to make a fool
of myself." I learned that if we are not hearing God cor-
rectly, it is best to find it out! Why would anyone want to
remain deceived? God can use the Corporate Flow Chart
to emphasize the truth for our own well being as well as
the cause of Christ.
God needs cleansed vessels. The Corporate Flow
Chart is a great tool for God to perform the unknown deliv-
erance that needs to take place. I have seen spiritual influ-
ences in people that cause problems with what God is do-
ing. It is imperative that we get cleaned up for the Spotless
Bride so that God's work gets done properly and on time.
The question is, "Are we really willing to hold ourself
under the water of the River of Life, under baptism, un-
til we are disease free?"
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39. Understanding the Mechanics
of a Corporate Flow Chart
To help understand how narrow the way is to bride-
ship, on 10-30-2004 the Holy Spirit gave me a scene
where I was on a train speaking to people. I said, "You
would have been here a long time ago if you had un-
derstood the mechanics." The people had to learn "the
mechanics" to be able to get on the Bride train. It is a pre-
requisite!
This particular train is symbolic of the Spotless
Bride as revealed on this site in the articles about trains.
God has shown that the Spotless Bride Train has only one
track with no side tracks. The train's tracks went straight,
circling around the world. The train representing the church
in the world had tracks with all kinds of "side tracks" that
went nowhere. These "side tracks" represent man's idea of
where to go and what to do, but nevertheless going no-
where! Knowing the mechanics of a Corporate Flow Chart
will keep a body of believers "on track," so to speak. This is
why the people in the scene above had to know the "me-
chanics" to be able to be on the train, with no "side tracks"
taking them somewhere they were not to go!
Proverbs 4:13, Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:
keep her; for she is your life.
It is important to understand everything we can
about how this Corporate Flow Chart works; after all, noth-
ing comes down the River of Life without a purpose. Again,
"Everything that comes down that River has a purpose!"
God said, "Government comes down the River." His in-
struction to us comes down the River of Life. Remember,
God's government is a theocracy, not a democracy.
Years ago God gave me this scene
(right) which helps explain why the words,
"You would have been here a long time ago
if you had understood the mechanics" were
given in the above train scene.
I was looking at an 8 1/2" X 11" sized paper
with sentences written about a third of the way
down the page. God said, "This is the way I
showed you to follow the Holy Spirit!"
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40. Then I was looking at another sheet of
paper with writing that went on and on.
God said,"This is the way the church in
the world follows the Holy Spirit."
The church in the world has not un-
derstood how to handle the almost never-
ending information it has, so it is not much
use to the Lord or any of us. The small
amount of writing on the first page repre-
sents two things. The first one is how
simple the mechanics of the Holy Spirit’s
teaching and guidance are. Using a Cor-
porate Flow Chart is not hard once we
understand that it follows a pattern of add-
ing line upon line, precept upon precept,
and rightly dividing the "things of the
Spirit."
The long picture to the left exempli-
fies the vast amount of information being
given the church. But it is being misinter-
preted. People think they have the ability
to understand the information by what
they already know. This is ‘self’ doing
what only the Holy Spirit can do. Some-
times the Python spirit is also involved.
This is a spirit that particularly loves to
give interpretations. However, once a
Corporate Flow Chart gets established it
can expose both man’s false interpreta-
tions and those of the Python spirit - just two of the great
values in keeping one.
There are many people throughout the world, who
at the direction of the Lord, have kept a record of the
“things of the Spirit.” Even so, they must learn how to
properly interpret it. This brings us to the subject of how
interpreting both a personal and Corporate Flow Chart is
done. God alone can illuminate the information He gives, a
little here and a little there. It is no different than how He
illuminates what the Bible is really saying to us. The Holy
Spirit reveals what we don’t know. The following scene
confirms this fact.
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41. 11-3-2004 I was looking at a large picture of
a couple's back side, although it was mostly
of the woman's back side. There was a
smaller picture of them and it was the same.
The pictures had rounded corners and I was
told that you must have the smaller picture in
order to have the bigger picture.
The backsides represent a picture of
what we cannot see and what we do not
know! Scripturally, this has to do with God
being our rear guard in matters we cannot see. God is the
revealer of those unknown things through the "things of the
Spirit" in a Corporate Flow Chart. We must have the
smaller pictures in order to see the bigger picture of the
same type problems on a much bigger scale. (The rounded
corners on these pictures are significant and tie in with the
next scene I'm going to present because of the rounded
corners of the cards or pictures in it.)
I have said many times, "The Flow Chart interprets
itself" and "It has never been wrong." When we misinter-
pret a part of the Flow Chart it becomes apparent later as
the Corporate Flow Chart reveals what we didn't under-
stand. I have yet to explain, in a satisfactory way, how the
Corporate Flow Chart interprets itself; but God gave me a
scene that helps. Given 10-29-2004:
The scene shows clothing on a bed.
I began placing very large cards (repre-
senting - "things of the Spirit," or pictures)
on the clothing while speaking to people.
As I placed them in the order the num-
bers indicated I was explaining that even
though the cards were shaped the same
they were different. There may have
been another card to the right and above,
but the message is the same. Then I
pointed to each card and said, 1. "You don't know what this
means." 2. "You don't know what this means." 3. "You don't
know what this means." 4. "You don't know what this
means," 5. "You don't know what this means."
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42. I then laid the next card, num-
ber 6, below the first card. I
used my hand to point out to
them that when the sixth card
was laid down, they could un-
derstand what all the cards
were about.
The true meaning of the
first five cards came with the
sixth card. But, if the Flow
Chart has been running for a
while, you can also have the
opposite scenario. Let's say
you have cards 1 through 5 in the Flow Chart and you un-
derstand the picture they present. Then, when God gives
card 6, you know immediately what it means. This has
happened more and more because we have been keeping
a Corporate Flow Chart since 1989. In this way the Corpo-
rate Flow Chart interprets itself. God just keeps illuminat-
ing, by giving more pictures, until we get what we haven't
known.
Now look at the second meaning of the paper
that had only a third of the page printed. On
the next page I have made a picture of infor-
mation from our Corporate Flow Chart placed
in the center of the narrow path Christ walks,
the same path that we can walk by obeying His
instructions. The black x's are all the informa-
tion starting from 1989 and the red x's repre-
sent our instruction for now, the same words on the page
(pictured at the right), where God said, "This is the way I
showed you to follow the Holy Spirit!"
Proverbs 4:13,
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for
she is your life.
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43. The following is very important to understand be-
cause it is about your life, the life of the Corporate body,
and what God said about, "Government comes down the
River" (River of Life). I'm inserting information from our
Corporate Flow Chart to help illuminate something we
need to understand.
On 5-2-89 we were told, "Be careful not to lay claim to
that which belongs to Him."
This is referring to the Lord’s ministry to the world. It
belongs to Jesus, not any of us. Even meetings held by the
spotless Bride belong to Him. Because it is the Lord’s min-
istry, He places in us what He wants to draw on, but only in
His timing. A picture of this truth is seen in Moses, who
knew (or was told) that he was to deliver Israel. But he
tried to do what was in his heart in his own timing (Acts
7:20-25). That would be like acting on information located
in the “B” part of the diagram above. Moses had laid
claim to that which did not belong to him. As a result he
was abased until he learned to follow God step by step
and act only on instruction being given now, which is rep-
resented by the red words (“C” in the above diagram). God
has repeatedly told us we must go step by step. He
gives us what He wants done at the moment—in that par-
ticular window of time. We do not know what lies ahead of
the red words, only God knows! If we try to force God's
plan we will also be abased and fail. God tells us things
ahead of time so that when they come to pass we will
know it was Him, but we have to leave the timing in His
hands. When we walk in the natural, we are beginning the
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44. next step while leaving the last step. This actually happens
in the Corporate Flow Chart. God prepares us for the next
step as we go.
An example of what Moses experienced happened
several years ago. God had called a meeting to gather
apostles from around the world. I was in attendance and
noticed that the meetings did not go like God intended be-
cause men laid claim to what was God’s. This has hap-
pened over and over to things that God has started for His
specific purpose, but they came to naught because man
took over. It is very important not to lay hold of God's
ministry in the earth. It is important also not to lay hold on
the Corporate Flow Chart; it is God's to do with as He
pleases. Only God knows what is needed to complete His
work in the earth through us. I insert another "thing of the
Spirit" from our Corporate Flow Chart.
On 1-19-92 we were given this word:
Will you allow Me to steer and allow Me to change gears?
When God gave us this, we had no idea what He was
talking about. But this shows how God wants to lead us,
day by day and moment by moment. Do you have an
awareness of God wanting to slow down or speed up? This
too can be revealed through a Corporate Flow Chart. Here
is another "thing of the Spirit" from our Corporate Flow
Chart.
On 8-15-93 He said:
You're to pay attention to what I tell you now! I want to
guide you in your daily lives.
This pertains to that leading edge section of the Flow
Chart we are to walk on. Understand that in the Flow Chart
there are several movies, or pictures, running at the same
time. It's like having 5-6 programs up and running in the
background on a computer, but God controls which one is
front and center (being used). In our case the programs
running simultaneously are about each individual in this
body, what God is teaching us, and where He is leading
us. Any one of these may be brought to the forefront as
God desires.
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45. We as Christians must understand that we walk one
step at a time, individually and corporately. We are to re-
main on that leading portion (the red x's) of the Corporate
Flow Chart, what God gives us for the moment. If we go
back into our Flow Charts and begin trying to accomplish
our God-given goals ourselves, we will fail. For us to ac-
complish what we need to accomplish in the earth we must
be looking to the next step while finishing the last step that
God has shown us.
The Holy Spirit told us, "You cannot be married to Je-
sus without being focused on what He is focused on!" The
leading edge of the Flow Chart is what He is focused on,
and by us standing on that leading edge, Jesus is able to
function as the Head of the church. By doing only what He
is directing us to do NOW, step by step, can we enter into
the marriage of the Lamb.
God said, "No Flow Chart, No Government!"
Plus - Personal Flow Charts
On January 1, 2009, the Holy Spirit took me
back to the experience I had at the beginning of
the River of Life years ago. (You may want to re-
read The Beginning of the River article if you
have not done so lately.) For a moment, again, I
saw myself examining the dividers made of
stone. My attention was also brought to the im-
mense beauty of the whole place. I soon realized this
place had a beauty of its own, a beauty unlike anywhere
else. I have symbolized this beauty surrounding the Solid
Rock Structure (representing Jesus) where the Water of
Life comes forth.
I began meditating on why the Lord would be showing
me the dividers again. Suddenly I knew why. It was be-
cause the River is "rightly divided" when it comes out of the
solid rock, Jesus. It has order, it has structure and it has
purpose.
As soon as I realized this, the Holy Spirit showed me
the Corporate Flow Chart. It had the same beauty sur-
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46. rounding it that the Solid Rock Struc-
ture had at the top of the River of Life.
I have depicted this symbolically for
our understanding. I actually saw this
particular picture of the flow chart that
we have used for years with that same beauty surrounding
it.
Immediately after seeing the Corporate Flow Chart, I
saw an individual's flowchart that had come
out of the the Corporate Flow Chart. It was
simply beautiful. It had a very soft cover
made of fine linen, definitely female in nature.
It was emitting life; it was illuminated. It had
some of the the same strange beauty, unlike
anywhere else, as the Corporate Flow Chart
and the Solid Rock Structure at the top of the
River of Life.
After this experience I have pondered many things
that God told us about the River and about His coming
Government. The Bible says that the Government rests on
Jesus' shoulders, and we learned years ago that His Gov-
ernment comes down the River of Life.
Isaiah 9:6 ILB
For a child is born; to us a son is given: and the govern-
ment is on his shoulder: and his name is called Wonderful,
Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the
Prince of Peace.
I was thinking about this individual's personal flow
chart. It is like a mural presented by God to bring this per-
son into brideship. I understood that this is part of the rea-
son for the cover being made of fine linen. I understand
why the soft cover. It is because there's not a critical word
in it from the Lord. It is full of correction in love, but there is
no condemnation in it. For the first time I saw God's Gov-
ernment in a personal flow chart. I had simply never
thought about it that way.
I began thinking about the time God told me, "No flow
chart, no government." I'm sure this is the reason God
gave me this relived experience, so that we could realize
the importance of a Corporate Flow Chart concerning the
Lord's Government. Let's look at the full picture.
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47. At the top of the River we have water
coming out of the Solid Rock and we know
the Solid Rock is Jesus. We have already
discussed that this water is rightly divided,
according to the Lord's purposes at this point. And remem-
ber this structure has a beauty of its own, unlike any other
beauty.
We then see the River of Life com-
ing to the Body of Christ, which is made
up of individuals. The Holy Spirit gives
information to those whom He wills, here
a little and there a little, over time.
In this River is the Golden Narrow
Path the Lord wants us to follow. It is Him
because it came out of Him. It cannot be
seen by us at this point but nevertheless
is still in the River.
It should be noted here that every-
thing that comes down the River is written in Zion. This is
the place where God keeps His legal records. Remember,
we are accountable for every idle word we speak. The
"things of the Spirit" should not be taken lightly.
As instructed by the Lord,
the people bring all the "things of
the Spirit" into one pool. The pic-
ture is my depiction of what the
Lord showed me about this pool.
Notice it has an earthly con-
tainer. It is beautiful and has per-
fectly clear water, but does not
have that "strange beauty unlike
any other" as the Solid Rock Structure does at the top of
the River. The Narrow Golden Path is also in this pool, but
it still remains unseen.
Now we bring the information that's in the pool of
the "things of the Spirit" into a Corporate Flow Chart. This
is where the "things of the Spirit" are brought together and
rightly divided, line upon line, precept upon precept. This is
where the Golden Path is revealed. Without the mechanics
of a flow chart we cannot understand the full picture of the
subjects the Lord is revealing. The Bible is a record, and a
pool of the "things of the Spirit." It says that we must bring
things together, line upon line, precept upon precept. In the
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48. book of Romans it is very clear that we as Christians are to
follow after the "things of the Spirit" and we must do this
according to God's plan.
We see by what the
Holy Spirit has made clear
here, that the strange unparal-
leled beauty at the top of the
River is not apparent to us
until things are "rightly di-
vided" in a Corporate Flow Chart. This is part of why God
said, "No flowchart, no government!"
Personal Flow Charts
Because God brought attention to this
particular person's flow chart I think it a good
time to talk about some of the things that are in
it. Because of my involvement in the personal
flowchart I was already in awe of how complete
it was and how easy the picture (the messages
from God) is to see, all laid out, simply and
plainly. This was before God personally brought
attention to it.
(I should say something about being complete so
we don't get the wrong idea. A flowchart of the "things of
the Spirit" is ongoing, therefore, not ever totally complete.
Different pictures and messages in the flowchart do be-
come complete.)
I remember the day that I gave this person their
flowchart. I told them that there were many people who
would just love to have one as complete as this one. I ex-
plained that it had much correction in it but that it was just
full of the Lord's love. The Bible says the Lord chastens
those He loves:
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous there-
fore, and repent.
This love can be easily seen all through this per-
son's flowchart as well as the chastening. The flowchart
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49. reveals that this person must go through change (some
small and some big) in many areas to become the person
that God wants them to be. As the scripture says, God
wants this person to be zealous towards making these
changes. This being zealous reminds me of a scene given
to me a while back. From my record:
September 16, 2008
... As this explosion of life appeared before my eyes, I saw
in the background of the scene a Flow Chart, the way I did
them years ago. It had come from this lightening of water.
It was full of life, new life, like the lightening was, and now I
was seeing people running towards this Flow Chart be-
cause they had learned it was where their new life was.
They knew the Flow Chart contained life for them and it
was the only way to obtain that new life!
By the way, this flow chart that the Lord brought
attention to was done the way I used to do them, as indi-
cated in the above scene. Getting back to what was in this
person's flowchart, it even revealed that there are some
things in this person's heart that they believe are of God
yet they are not of Him. So we see all this correction can
sometimes be very hard to deal with, especially if a person
makes a "pet" (see pet article) of those things that are not
of God. These things need cleaned out and if they aren't,
they will hinder this person in following the Golden Narrow
Path the Lord has for them. This flow chart even points out
specific wrong thoughts that have to be replaced with truth.
What a blessing! The Lord revealed that He wants to heal
this person but they must let Him do it. The flow chart is full
of specific instructions such as, in my words, dealing with
one thing at a time.
An important thing to realize about any personal
flow chart is that God gives us a picture, a mural of our
lives, but it's up to us whether we want to follow His guid-
ance, let Him govern, so-to-speak. We have a choice. If
this person pays attention to everything revealed in their
flow chart, they will come into a position of being able to
have on fine linen, as God has revealed. Being zealous
towards those changes will bring new life sooner rather
than later.
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50. There is an interesting picture here. If this person
yields to the governing of the Lord and changes those
things that need to be changed, working with Him, it will
have come to pass by rightly dividing "the things of the
Spirit" in a Corporate Flow Chart! This is another part of
the picture of why God said, "No flow chart, no govern-
ment!"
The Anatomy of a Kingdom Flow Chart
I thought about titling this article the Mechanics of a
Kingdom Flow Chart but that just didn't seem correct.
Anatomy depicts "life" and the Lord has shown me many
times that there is "life" in a personal flow chart, and in a
corporate flow chart. This is because in Romans chapter 8:
5,6 it says that those who live according to the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit, have life and peace. That's putting it in
my words. It says in verse seven that the carnal mind is in
enmity against God. So we must keep the carnal mind
from getting involved in the "things of the Spirit" in an incor-
rect way.
As evidenced on this site, at the command of the
Lord we have been flow charting "the things of the Spirit"
as a group for years. From that building block of learned
information the Lord has been illuminating why He said,
"No flow chart, no government," among other things. We
are talking about His Kingdom, His Government. So we
see the importance of understanding perfectly.
On January 20, 2009, the Lord gave
me a dream. I have created a picture for your
understanding. On the left side (physical) are
some staples moving up slowly in a straight
line. Beside this are some right halves of pic-
tures (right side meaning spiritual realm) mov-
ing up and down, looking for the correct staple
to fasten themselves to. There was one picture
of a dark-haired woman that found the correct
staple and quickly attached to it. It then moved
up with the staple, permanently.
When I first had this scene and had
created the picture, I assumed and described
the staples as being the right half of a rectan-
gle. This was because of my carnal thinking
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51. and what I saw. The half pictures on the right caused me to
think that the staples were the right halves of a rectangle.
This was not correct. I did not know what I was looking at
until I, with my mind, put the scene in the Corporate Flow
Chart. I have always said that the Corporate Flow Chart
interprets itself and this is an example of that fact. By going
to the "things of the Spirit," catching a glimpse of what God
is doing in general, and recognizing the meaning of the
staples (already established by God) I suddenly knew the
meaning of the scene. Staples symbolize fastening some-
thing small. Understand, God revealed the meaning of the
staple symbol earlier in the Flow Chart so He is interpret-
ing. I'll write more about this later.
Because it's a staple it means small things, not
something that would take a bolt or nail. In this article we
are going to staple down a lot of small things that are very
important to do or not to do. We are also going to under-
stand why these small things must be established.
Because of what happened when I awoke from the
dream, and what I have already revealed to you, I came to
understand the full meaning of the dream. God was going
to bring together small things from the spiritual (things on
the right) into the physical (staples on the left). He wants
me to establish the small things in the physical. God had
previously shown me in a dream that I was going to be es-
tablishing a lot of staples in the future. This was another
"thing of the Spirit" previously given for my understanding
of this scene.
Immediately after the dream:
Upon awakening from a dream I usually meditate
on them, not demanding interpretation. This time was dif-
ferent because the Holy Spirit immediately began remind-
ing me of scenes that I have had in the past, scripture,
words that have been given, and so on. These were all
brought together in my mind. The Holy Spirit was perform-
ing His part of the scene I just encountered. He did em-
phasize some things more than others, to get me to under-
stand. I've created a picture of part of the things God
brought up and by clicking this link you can see that picture
and then return here. There are a lot of things God brought
up which are important, and without them we cannot fully
understand what we need to know.
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52. (If you examined the picture skip this paragraph.)
For those who may not have been able to look at
the picture here is a list of some of the things the Lord ran
through my mind. I saw the scene that is on this site of
God pouring out His Spirit over the earth. I was reminded
of the scene that had to do with God saying, "No Flow
Chart, no government." I was reminded of when Jesus
said, "My words are Spirit, they are life." I was reminded of
the time Jesus said, "Get you behind me Satan." I was re-
minded of when the Holy Spirit told me, "You cannot possi-
bly understand the doctrine of Jesus Christ unless you un-
derstand what happened in the Garden of Eden." I was
reminded of some of the information presented in the
Courts of Heaven article. I was reminded of when God
said, "It takes a flow chart to deliver people from Python." I
was reminded of when God took me back to the Garden of
Eden concerning Python. He brought up the picture of the
River of Life with the people below receiving different por-
tions of it, while reminding me of a man I know to whom
God revealed the original sin. I was also reminded of the
scene of people being desperate for their flow charts and
when God showed me my own mind. Part of the following
was really emphasized: the Lord said, "It is pride for them
to think they could know anything, not getting it from Me." I
was reminded of God saying, "I want to build something
the enemy cannot tear down." I was looking at a structure.
Getting to it
In the beginning, the Lord told us to gather up all
the "things of the Spirit" and place them in a flow chart.
This is a command for today and the future as well as back
then. We had no idea of where the Lord was going with
this. It's the Uncharted Waters He talks about; just taking
step by step actions, led by Him. The Lord said, "Listen
and record, listen and record."
As I have said on the site before, a "thing of the
Spirit" is a dream, a vision, a word, something you can
point your finger at. It is important to understand how to
handle the "things of the Spirit" when recording them. The
key is to write it down exactly as it was seen or heard, add-
ing nothing. If there was a feeling in the vision or dream it's
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53. all right to record that. Make it as accurate as you can and
nothing more. Don't let your ideas seep into what is re-
corded. The reason is this, the Holy Spirit is painting a
picture and you don't know what that picture is. God
told us not to speculate, that it limits Him. If you let your
ideas, anything of yourself, seep into what is recorded you
are speculating and limiting Him. You must keep "self" out!
Through the years I have watched some people manipu-
late, pass over things in their flow chart, and use the things
they can manipulate to mean what they want them to
mean. They basically don't use the other "things of the
Spirit" to interpret. They are hurting not only themselves,
but also the cause of God.
Here is a good place to include something the Lord
dealt with me about in this experience. It is when the Lord
said, "It is pride for them to think they could know anything,
not getting it from Me." Let me reword just a little. It is pride
for us to think that we could know anything not getting it
from the Lord. The emphasis was on the word anything!
I have known for some time that our ideas seeping
into the "things of the Spirit" is not correct. I have known it
is incorrect for us to interpret another "thing of the Spirit"
without the input of the Lord. The Lord dealt heavily with
me about this being "pride." It is "pride" for us to think that
we could interpret without another "thing of the Spirit." it is
"pride" for us to let our ideas seep into the "things of the
Spirit." "Pride" is a serious thing; it is haughty, of Python,
and cannot exist in the Married Bride. The Holy Spirit
paints a picture and He's painting it perfectly. He does not
need our help. He does not need our corrections to His
paintings. He is capable! That is why we need to write
things down exactly as they are seen and heard and noth-
ing more. "Listen and record, listen and record." Actually, it
is easier this way and we can rest in the Lord. We are sim-
ply an unclean vessel if we can't report correctly by letting
it all pass through us cleanly to the Corporate Flow Chart
as the Lord instructed.
The Lord said,
Take the "things of the Spirit" and put them in a Flow
Chart."
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54. "Listen, record, listen, record, listen, record."
"Pay attention."
So instant obedience can come forth.
"Chart Chart Chart Chart"
We must have the
same picture at the bottom of
the River of Life as Jesus
sends out from the top. The
Lord revealed the Mural He
sends is like a puzzle that we
must put together on our end.
Those pieces of puzzle come
to different individuals from the
River. They are the "line on
line, precept on precept, here
a little and there a little," that
the Bible talks about in how
the Holy Spirit teaches and
leads.
People take their re-
ceived pieces and place them
in a Corporate Flow Chart. Out
of the Corporate Flow Chart
comes many pictures that form
a huge mural.
February 18, 2001 - from my records:
I was looking at a scene of a General, telling His
class that He was going to give them a "D" because of one
student getting an "F" (for just not getting it). I was then
asked this question and woke up, "Why should we look at
a spiritual gift as a picture?"
The answer is because all the "things of the Spirit"
that come down the River of Life all over the world are pic-
tures and form bigger pictures in a yet bigger, huge mural.
The Bible is a mural with pictures in it and the Lord told me
to always look at it as a picture. I have found this to be a
safety net when keeping someone out of trouble. As long
as the person knows there are absolutes in the pictures, it
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